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Just realized my cheap oven thermometer was lying to me for 2 years
I stopped by a bake shop in Denver last Tuesday and the owner let me use her fancy digital thermometer. My bread has been coming out gummy and I blamed the recipe every time. Turns out my $5 dial thermometer from the grocery store reads 40 degrees too low. I tested it in boiling water at home and sure enough it was way off. Who knew a little tool could mess up so many loaves. Has anyone else had a cheap thermometer ruin their bakes?
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skylerp3126d ago
Who knew a little tool could mess up so many loaves" - maybe the user error is expecting a $5 tool to be precise in the first place. You get what you pay for, and calibrating cheap gear is on you not the thermometer.
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the_joel26d agoMost Upvoted
Idk, cheap tools can still work fine if you know what you're doing.
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the_sandra26d ago
Calibrating cheap gear is on you" - that's fair. Reminds me of my buddy who bought a $20 bread machine off Craigslist. Spent two weeks wondering why his sourdough tasted like burnt plastic. Turns out the heating element was shot. But instead of just replacing it he spent $80 on a fancy new thermometer and kept using the broken machine. @skylerp31 right though. Sometimes we blame the tool when the real issue is we don't want to admit we bought junk.
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